Re: Problems with YDL 2 Installation


Subject: Re: Problems with YDL 2 Installation
From: ke Svensson (aakesve@algonet.se)
Date: Fri Sep 07 2001 - 11:31:47 MDT


Looking at your system I would recommend 160 meg swap partition. I had
problems installing too, but I read somewhere that YDL likes it best when
you make your swap double the size of your RAM. It worked great for me.
Those 1.5 GB were unallocated at start, I presume?

Regards,

Aake Svensson

01-09-07 17.27, skrev Shawn Dunn på osirusg@yahoo.com följande:

> I recently installed on a 6360 with a similar setup, and with the exception
> of the X11 install not working, it went off without a hitch, not sure where
> you're getting tripped up =[
>
> --SF
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Irena and Richard Jenkins [mailto:rjenkins@pop.alphalink.com.au]
> Sent: Thursday, September 06, 2001 8:15 PM
> To: yellowdog-general@lists.yellowdoglinux.com
> Subject: Problems with YDL 2 Installation
>
>
> Greetings People !!
>
> I have had limited success with Yellowdoglinux version 1.2.1 so I
> thought I'd live dangerously and try my hand with YDL 2. Nice
> installer ... should be a breeze! Not such a good idea for me
> because I am stuck at the installation stage.
>
> These are the details of my machine...
>
> Macintosh 6360
> 80 meg RAM
> 1.5 Gig partition for Linux
> 60 meg swap partition
> 15 inch Apple monitor
>
> L2 cache is on the way!
>
> My installation begins after selecting the 'bootX' segment of Control
> Panels ... and then some hard disk activity leads to my screen
> blanking and the install starting. I get a blank screen and then the
> message: Welcome to linux, kernel 2.2.19-1i. Then following lines
> of text refer to Start, frame buffer, etc. and the screen displays
> "booting ..."
>
> Then there is hard disk activity and then nothing (for 10 minutes) so
> I feel it's safe to say nothing.
>
> Feeling extra brave I tried the vmlinux kernel from my earlier
> version. Thisstarted ... but crashed when USB was mentioned! Is
> there something generally wrong with 2.2.19-1 ... and ought I look
> for an alternative kernel? Where should I go for this one?? Maybe
> my disk has a corruption at this point ... I know this can happen.
> Can someone on the list please assist me to get this thing INSTALLED?
>
> Thanks for all/any help.
>
> Richard
>
>
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